Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - Noise Reduction
Okay, you can have to be done.. I have to add to be determined to my to be developed which is in all the military planning manuals I have (and have read). I can't seem to find to be done as a common initialism, even on a routine internet search, but if you've used it then it must be ok ;-) Yep, silly topic to continue. Hey, how 'bout those KX3s?! Bill WK6A Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: A silly thing to debate -- but, it has always meant To Be Done. In fact, I have never known any other definition in the world of computer programming where it is often used as a comment to a section of code. So, at least for programming, To Be Done is it. Always has been since I started programming in 1965 (and, I am still programming and I still put TBD in code comments every now and then). But, a slight comment nod to Ron (AC7AC). I think that TBD is more accurately called an initialism and not an acronym. An acronym is a word formed by letters of a phrase or sentence such as sonar or radar. Thus, an acronym can be pronounced and used as a word. An initialism is a set of letters that are usually not pronounced or they receive a pronunciation from common practice. For example, CEO, HTML, and SQL are all initialisms. And, SQL has a common practice of pronunciation of Sequel although technically that is not correct and I believe the SQL standard stipulates this. Sequel is actually the name of a similar language developed by IBM that preceded SQL. Enough debate there is a CW contest to going on. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 25, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Bill Tubbs wrote: Since I was a kid in the 60s TBD has meant To Be Developed, particularly in the military. Never heard it as to be done but I suppose there are always regional differences. Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote: Actually, I have for half a century known TBD to be an acronym for To Be Done. In this case the development of the code is likely complete. What remains to be done is to integrate it with the rest of the KX3 code, test and debug any unintended interactions. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- TBD...acronym from to be deremined I think, check if you have latest firmware loaded on it VE3GNO Daniel __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder
Compared to what? CW is difficult to decode, even when sent by machine. What piece of software or equipment have you used that you thought worked better than the K3? RTTY decodes better by machine because that's what it was designed for. Morse code wasn't. If you're disappointed in the K3 text decoder, the guy you probably want to complain to is long dead. Dave AB7E On 5/25/2012 9:13 PM, John_N1JM wrote: I'm a little disappointed in the text decoder for cw. It works fine for rtty. Anyone got any comments about this? 73, John N1JM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 Receive Side Band Calabration, Owner's Manual R B2
I notice in the owner's manual R b2 there are not detailed directions for configuration of receive side band. The directions say Please refer to the instruction sheet supplied with the KXFL3 option. I notice in owner's manual R b1, detailed instructions are included for configuration of receive side band. Does anyone have a copy of the instruction sheet which is included with the KXFL3 option? If so, would you please publish it on the discussion list. Thanks John Lally W7JJL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder
Contests are one time you can use decoders for CW and have them work fine I have done so for 4 years. In contests 95+% of all contacts are machine canned code anyway using macros and a good reader will do the job. I have several thousand Q's doing it this way and I don't even own a key. Do I have 100% copy no but the percentage is better than 85-90% acceptable for me to be able to dabble in all the CW contests. Fred/N0AZZ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Gilbert Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 2:32 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder Compared to what? CW is difficult to decode, even when sent by machine. What piece of software or equipment have you used that you thought worked better than the K3? RTTY decodes better by machine because that's what it was designed for. Morse code wasn't. If you're disappointed in the K3 text decoder, the guy you probably want to complain to is long dead. Dave AB7E On 5/25/2012 9:13 PM, John_N1JM wrote: I'm a little disappointed in the text decoder for cw. It works fine for rtty. Anyone got any comments about this? 73, John N1JM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2425/5022 - Release Date: 05/25/12 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] TBD
In my more than thirty years of program management and contract work in industry it always meant either to be determined or to be defined. A little Google searching (use the keywords acronym TBD) shows to be determined as the dominant interpretation: http://www.abbreviations.com/TBD http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_acronym_TBD_mean http://www.ask.com/questions-about/What-Does-TBD-Means http://www.acronymfinder.com/Military-and-Government/TBD.html http://www.acronymfinder.com/TBD.html 73, Dave AB7E On 5/26/2012 12:13 AM, Bill Tubbs wrote: Okay, you can have to be done.. I have to add to be determined to my to be developed which is in all the military planning manuals I have (and have read). I can't seem to find to be done as a common initialism, even on a routine internet search, but if you've used it then it must be ok ;-) Yep, silly topic to continue. Hey, how 'bout those KX3s?! Bill WK6A Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Phil Hystadphys...@mac.com wrote: A silly thing to debate -- but, it has always meant To Be Done. In fact, I have never known any other definition in the world of computer programming where it is often used as a comment to a section of code. So, at least for programming, To Be Done is it. Always has been since I started programming in 1965 (and, I am still programming and I still put TBD in code comments every now and then). But, a slight comment nod to Ron (AC7AC). I think that TBD is more accurately called an initialism and not an acronym. An acronym is a word formed by letters of a phrase or sentence such as sonar or radar. Thus, an acronym can be pronounced and used as a word. An initialism is a set of letters that are usually not pronounced or they receive a pronunciation from common practice. For example, CEO, HTML, and SQL are all initialisms. And, SQL has a common practice of pronunciation of Sequel although technically that is not correct and I believe the SQL standard stipulates this. Sequel is actually the name of a similar language developed by IBM that preceded SQL. Enough debate there is a CW contest to going on. 73, phil, K7PEH On May 25, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Bill Tubbs wrote: Since I was a kid in the 60s TBD has meant To Be Developed, particularly in the military. Never heard it as to be done but I suppose there are always regional differences. Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ron D'Eau Clairer...@cobi.biz wrote: Actually, I have for half a century known TBD to be an acronym for To Be Done. In this case the development of the code is likely complete. What remains to be done is to integrate it with the rest of the KX3 code, test and debug any unintended interactions. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- TBD...acronym from to be deremined I think, check if you have latest firmware loaded on it VE3GNO Daniel __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KX3 Kit #80 in SV5
Greetings, I'm currently in SV5 (Patmos) for some much needed vacationing. I brought my kit-KX3 #80 along for a maiden voyage. Being WPX CW weekend, I went down to a nice north-facing beach, strung up a ~40' wire into a tree, with a few random length radials, and used a cigarette lighter plug in my rental car. I brought my Macbook Pro and used Rumped logger, with the USB cable. Keying is great. I played a while on 40M and 20M and worked a good number of guys. Even on 40M with the incredibly loud and close Euro sigs I had no problem separating folks. I got to the beach about Sunrise, and 20 and 40 were both hopping pretty well. S9+ sigs from the states, and 20-40 over 9 sigs from all over Europe. With crowded band conditions, I found that I had to pick someone that was S8 or above for them to hear me with 10w. It was a lot of fun, I only spent about an hour or so operating until it got warm and I decided to go back to the hotel for breakfast. This was around 0400z. Easily worked many Europeans, US/VE, and even 9K2 and A7. Tonight, around 2200 - z I'll get on again and work some more guys from the hotel (using an inverted vertical hanging from the hotel room deck). That works quite well, I worked even the E40 expedition on 10M with 5w, one call. :) Our hotel is on a hillside overlooking a nice saltwater bay a few wavelengths away :) Hopefully I'll see a number of you tonight on 20/40M, best 73 from SV5! After this we'll be off to a number of islands in SV8, then off to 9H. Jeff SV5/N6GQ, 9H3ZZ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Living with EMP
Does anyone here have experience with lightning detectors? I thought it might be handy to have one of these in the shack. From what I've seen some are quite fancy, meant for hikers and boaters and such. But I'm thinking that something simpler (i.e., cheaper) might be useful around the shack. Would these be any better than just listening for lightning crashes on the AM broadcast band? (As for EMP... yeah, I expect you won't need a detector for that. Everyone will know about it at pretty much the same time...) 73, Drew AF2Z On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:21:45 +, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) wrote: Gents, I think it's ESD, not EMP. When the latter occurs, people have more troubles than usually... Regards, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Living with EMP
In the shack - Google Lightning detection online for several of the services. Some are free. Used Lightning Detection in broadcasting in South Florida for about 30 years. When it got within a 100 miles we went to generator at all the studios transmitter sites. In broadcasting we could not disconnect cabling but you can. George AI4VZ -Original Message- From: drewko Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 7:16 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Living with EMP Does anyone here have experience with lightning detectors? I thought it might be handy to have one of these in the shack. From what I've seen some are quite fancy, meant for hikers and boaters and such. But I'm thinking that something simpler (i.e., cheaper) might be useful around the shack. Would these be any better than just listening for lightning crashes on the AM broadcast band? (As for EMP... yeah, I expect you won't need a detector for that. Everyone will know about it at pretty much the same time...) 73, Drew AF2Z On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:21:45 +, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) wrote: Gents, I think it's ESD, not EMP. When the latter occurs, people have more troubles than usually... Regards, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder
My experience with a MFJ pocket CW decoder seems to be more accurate and less delay than my K3. But I'll be the first to say the K3 may not be adjusted correctly. Pete W4WWQ - Original Message - From: David Gilbert xda...@cis-broadband.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder Compared to what? CW is difficult to decode, even when sent by machine. What piece of software or equipment have you used that you thought worked better than the K3? RTTY decodes better by machine because that's what it was designed for. Morse code wasn't. If you're disappointed in the K3 text decoder, the guy you probably want to complain to is long dead. Dave AB7E On 5/25/2012 9:13 PM, John_N1JM wrote: I'm a little disappointed in the text decoder for cw. It works fine for rtty. Anyone got any comments about this? 73, John N1JM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Living with EMP
I check this company for physics toys for the classroom and saw this. Cheap enough ... http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=C6924 73, Mike WA5POK -Original Message- From: GDanner Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 6:35 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Living with EMP In the shack - Google Lightning detection online for several of the services. Some are free. Used Lightning Detection in broadcasting in South Florida for about 30 years. When it got within a 100 miles we went to generator at all the studios transmitter sites. In broadcasting we could not disconnect cabling but you can. George AI4VZ -Original Message- From: drewko Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 7:16 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Living with EMP Does anyone here have experience with lightning detectors? I thought it might be handy to have one of these in the shack. From what I've seen some are quite fancy, meant for hikers and boaters and such. But I'm thinking that something simpler (i.e., cheaper) might be useful around the shack. Would these be any better than just listening for lightning crashes on the AM broadcast band? (As for EMP... yeah, I expect you won't need a detector for that. Everyone will know about it at pretty much the same time...) 73, Drew AF2Z On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:21:45 +, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) wrote: Gents, I think it's ESD, not EMP. When the latter occurs, people have more troubles than usually... Regards, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder
This could be related to the reported problem with the CWT function previously reported and under investigation. Firmware 4.48 is OK, firmware 4.51 is not. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 26/05/2012 01:44, John_N1JM wrote: Thanks, Fred. It had seemed to me my previous K3 did better but I could have lucked with the right settings for that. I'm generally not a cw person but thought I would try WPXCW tonight and hopefully the decode would give me a little help but for the most part it didn't. My ears were better :-). John N1JM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] thunderstorm early warning.. was: Living with EMP
Hi Drew, I have been running a Boltek long range lightning detector that is part of a network of detectors for tracking storms. Gives me range and bearing on strikes. I can watch an electrical storm coming from further than I can hear the thunder. Boltek also has a electric field detector used by stadiums and other public out door events to warn of likely lightning strikes that has high short range accuracy. The one I have is accurate at long ranges. http://boltek.com/stormtracker.html http://boltek.com/ProductComparison.html http://www.strikestarus.com/index.aspx?id=10 If you do web searches on lightning detection you can find simple sensor designs. this is another area where the complexity is in the software and the receiver not the sensor. 73, tom n4zpt P.S. use of term EMP is odd in this discussion as EMP as an acronym I have always associated only with nuclear weapons effects. On 5/26/2012 7:16 AM, drewko wrote: Does anyone here have experience with lightning detectors? I thought it might be handy to have one of these in the shack. From what I've seen some are quite fancy, meant for hikers and boaters and such. But I'm thinking that something simpler (i.e., cheaper) might be useful around the shack. Would these be any better than just listening for lightning crashes on the AM broadcast band? (As for EMP... yeah, I expect you won't need a detector for that. Everyone will know about it at pretty much the same time...) 73, Drew AF2Z On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:21:45 +, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) wrote: Gents, I think it's ESD, not EMP. When the latter occurs, people have more troubles than usually... Regards, Nikolay (LZ1NRD) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder
I concur with Mike's evaluation. 4.48 is much more robust than 4.51 as far as CW Decode is concerned. Some things you may want to try to improve the S/N ratio and thus make the decoder more effective. 1)Turn the AGC off and reduce the RF Gain (Be careful here and drop the AF Gain or you might get a crash in the audio. I have AF LIM set to 26 to protect my audio amp.) 2)Narrow the bandwidth. I often use my 400Hz roofing filter and then use the width control all the way down to 100Hz. Using these methods I was able to copy stations that were not discernible on the P3. It is a trick from the old days before product detectors etc. but I find it still works. 73s Jim, W4ATK On May 26, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Mike Harris wrote: This could be related to the reported problem with the CWT function previously reported and under investigation. Firmware 4.48 is OK, firmware 4.51 is not. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 26/05/2012 01:44, John_N1JM wrote: Thanks, Fred. It had seemed to me my previous K3 did better but I could have lucked with the right settings for that. I'm generally not a cw person but thought I would try WPXCW tonight and hopefully the decode would give me a little help but for the most part it didn't. My ears were better :-). John N1JM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Text Decoder
Just for clarification, I don't use the internal CW or RTTY decode functions. I just use CWT for accurate CW netting. Following that it is easy to make the often useful TX offset when calling in a simplex pile. CWT is a function I use all the time and that is why its degraded performance in 4.51 was immediately noticeable. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 26/05/2012 09:24, W4ATK wrote: I concur with Mike's evaluation. 4.48 is much more robust than 4.51 as far as CW Decode is concerned. Some things you may want to try to improve the S/N ratio and thus make the decoder more effective. 1)Turn the AGC off and reduce the RF Gain (Be careful here and drop the AF Gain or you might get a crash in the audio. I have AF LIM set to 26 to protect my audio amp.) 2)Narrow the bandwidth. I often use my 400Hz roofing filter and then use the width control all the way down to 100Hz. Using these methods I was able to copy stations that were not discernible on the P3. It is a trick from the old days before product detectors etc. but I find it still works. 73s Jim, W4ATK On May 26, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Mike Harris wrote: This could be related to the reported problem with the CWT function previously reported and under investigation. Firmware 4.48 is OK, firmware 4.51 is not. Regards, Mike VP8NO On 26/05/2012 01:44, John_N1JM wrote: Thanks, Fred. It had seemed to me my previous K3 did better but I could have lucked with the right settings for that. I'm generally not a cw person but thought I would try WPXCW tonight and hopefully the decode would give me a little help but for the most part it didn't. My ears were better :-). John N1JM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] CW TEXT DECODER
In 4.51 mcu the text decoder for cw is not working properly in the AUTO setting. Elecraft is aware of this. You can set the CWT to a setting of 3 and the decoder works fairly well. Also, set the speed range to 30-90. Toby W4CAK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Receive Side Band Calabration, Owner's Manual R B2
I have a copy of the preliminary instructions (rev XD, May 2,2012) that was sent to my By Don, W3FPR before he went on vacation. This list does not support attachments, so I cannot publish it to the discussion list. I am sending a copy to John. I am sure an updated version will be available for download soon. However, if anyone else would like to review a preliminary version, I'd be glad to send a copy off-list. (Please request it off-list as well). 73, Bruce, N1RX Does anyone have a copy of the instruction sheet which is included with the KXFL3 option? If so, would you please publish it on the discussion list. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 ALC SSB/TUNE power
No suggestions? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-100-ALC-SSB-TUNE-power-tp7556155p7556596.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - Noise Reduction
Especially silly since if you actually read the erratum: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740163E%20KX3%20Owner'sManErrata%20B2-2.pdf it's defined explicitly: Some specifications are still shown as TBD (to be determined). Bob NW8L A silly thing to debate -- but, it has always meant To Be Done. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 ALC SSB/TUNE power
Yes. I suggest that when you reply you include something related to your question so we may know what you are asking about. 73, Ken K3IU On 5/26/2012 11:12 AM, Gene N4FZ wrote: No suggestions? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-100-ALC-SSB-TUNE-power-tp7556155p7556596.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 ALC SSB/TUNE power
The problem Gene, is that you posted your question through the archive at Nabble, instead of to the main reflector. Nabble never passed your message on to the reflector, so no one saw the question. If you look at your post on Nabble, you will see: This post has NOT been accepted by the mailing list yet. Hence, no one responded to the question. -Bruce, N1RX For the sake of expedience, here's gene's original posting: My K2/100 that I bought a few months back, already assembled, has a few issues. First is the ALC does not cut back the output power to the knob power setting on SSB. I belieive there is a resistor mod for this. Anyone have experience with this mod? Please advise me. Also, the TUNE power is a steady 40W into a reliable Wattmeter, it should be 20W, correct? Can I adjust this TUNE power setting with R26, per Elecraft 100W amplifier manual? If so, please advise me as to what I need to do. Thanks, Gene __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] CW TEXT DECODER
Glad you mentioned it. I sat in front of my K3, Manual etc trying to get it to work last night. Glad to know it just wasn't me. On 5/26/2012 8:59 AM, Toby Pennington wrote: In 4.51 mcu the text decoder for cw is not working properly in the AUTO setting. Elecraft is aware of this. You can set the CWT to a setting of 3 and the decoder works fairly well. Also, set the speed range to 30-90. Toby W4CAK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K2 for sale
Scraping up cash to get into a K3. Serial # 7211 with many options. Info off line at w9b...@gmail.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 - Noise Reduction [END of Thread]
Looks like we can end this thread now. 73, Eric List Moderator www.elecraft.com _..._ On May 26, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Bob Cunnings bob.cunni...@gmail.com wrote: Especially silly since if you actually read the erratum: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740163E%20KX3%20Owner'sManErrata%20B2-2.pdf it's defined explicitly: Some specifications are still shown as TBD (to be determined). Bob NW8L A silly thing to debate -- but, it has always meant To Be Done. __ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 - K3 - N1MM
Just completed my P3 and have it up and running with the K3. ButI cannot control the rig through N1NN. I have the P3 and the K3 hooked together with the RS232 cable (a true one) and the computer ... AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. I can't get N1MM to see the K3. Cannot find help in the instructions Anyone have an answer or do I have to not connect the P3 and the K3 together with the RS232 cable. Lee In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering you. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Receive Side Band Calabration, Owner's Manual R B2
Hi John, We decided to supply opposite-sideband alignment instructions in the KXFL3 installation guide. These instructions are much more detailed, superseding those from the original KX3 owner's manual. I see that the KXFL3 installation guide isn't on our web site yet. I'll send it to you in a separate email. 73, Wayne N6KR On May 26, 2012, at 12:47 AM, John Lally wrote: I notice in the owner's manual R b2 there are not detailed directions for configuration of receive side band. The directions say Please refer to the instruction sheet supplied with the KXFL3 option. I notice in owner's manual R b1, detailed instructions are included for configuration of receive side band. Does anyone have a copy of the instruction sheet which is included with the KXFL3 option? If so, would you please publish it on the discussion list. Thanks John Lally W7JJL __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 ALC SSB/TUNE power
Thanks Bruce, I thought the message was posted directly to the reflector, my apologies guys! -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-100-ALC-SSB-TUNE-power-tp7556155p7556605.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 - K3 - N1MM
Got itworks nowcool devicewow! Lee In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering you. From: Jim Miller jtmille...@gmail.com To: Lee Buller k...@swbell.net Sent: Sat, May 26, 2012 12:22:08 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 - K3 - N1MM Run all at 38400 On May 26, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Lee Buller k...@swbell.net wrote: Just completed my P3 and have it up and running with the K3. ButI cannot control the rig through N1NN. I have the P3 and the K3 hooked together with the RS232 cable (a true one) and the computer ... AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. I can't get N1MM to see the K3. Cannot find help in the instructions Anyone have an answer or do I have to not connect the P3 and the K3 together with the RS232 cable. Lee In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering you. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 - K3 - N1MM
You need to make sure the port and data rate is set up in N1MM. Computer -- P3 -- K3. Should work just fine. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 5/26/2012 9:59 AM, Lee Buller wrote: Just completed my P3 and have it up and running with the K3. ButI cannot control the rig through N1NN. I have the P3 and the K3 hooked together with the RS232 cable (a true one) and the computer ... AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. I can't get N1MM to see the K3. Cannot find help in the instructions Anyone have an answer or do I have to not connect the P3 and the K3 together with the RS232 cable. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] P3 - Fixed-tune 10 meter strangeness
I use fixed-tune mode with full span adjustment at the edges. Works fine everywhere except 10 meters. On 10, the big knob cursor just tunes of either edge of the screen and the little arrow tells me it's up or down there somewhere. Any ideas? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] P3 - K3 - N1MM
I am not certain, but I suspect you have made a very easy to fix error. I will assume that you have N1MM working with your K3 prior to adding the P3. And you have the connected the computer to the computer port on the P3 with the appropriate RS-232 cable/adapter. If so, read on The P3 talks to the K3 at 38,400 baud, and I will guess you were using 9600 or maybe even 4800 before. Reset the K3 baud rate to 38,400 and do the same with N1MM, and you should be OK. The computer will usually automatically set up to whatever baud rate some device tries to connect. I just checked, and I can set my P3 to lower baud rates, but I suspect the response is better at the recommended 38,400 baud. Let me know n...@arrl.net ...bill nr4c -Original Message- From: Lee Buller [mailto:k...@swbell.net] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 1:00 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] P3 - K3 - N1MM Just completed my P3 and have it up and running with the K3. ButI cannot control the rig through N1NN. I have the P3 and the K3 hooked together with the RS232 cable (a true one) and the computer ... AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. I can't get N1MM to see the K3. Cannot find help in the instructions Anyone have an answer or do I have to not connect the P3 and the K3 together with the RS232 cable. Lee In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine? Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - John W. (Kansas) Never interfere with anything that isn't bothering you. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] N8BX Knobs. Another FS Set
Well Phil sold his pretty quickly so I'll put mine up with the same offer. Original style set for the K3. $100 shipped. As new condition. Why? I liked the feel of the originals but upon seeing the new version had a nostalgia attack. Reminded me of the Heath SB series I had and the Collins S line I wanted. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) K2TKR Have been sold.Thank you! Phil Philip LaMarche __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KPA3 / KAT500 Remote Question
Question . . . . My station is in a 2nd floor loft. The antenna coax cables come into the basement utility room and then up behind the plasterboard walls to my shack. Will I be able to put the KAT 500 and KPA 3 in the basement utility room and control them by snaking an RS232 cable from the shack to the utility room through the PVC pipe that contains my coax? If this will work are there any special considerations I need to be aware of? 73 John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] New KX3 field-test firmware (rev 1.01)
If you're feeling adventurous, let me know and I'll email you our latest KX3 field-test firmware (rev 1.01). Since the last production release, 0.99, we've made a number of significant changes: - improved AGC (similar to the latest K3 firmware) - autospot with RIT on adjusts the RIT offset rather than the VFO A frequency - speech compression (CMP) is automatically disabled in audio data modes (DATA-A, AFSK-A) - VFO tuning noise reduction (MENU:VFO NR) can now be enabled/disabled on a per-band basis; typically needed only on 6 meters - dual watch now disengages correctly when the VFOs are out of dual- watch range, preventing ghost signals that were observed at around +/- 15 kHz VFO A/B separation - receive noise pulse rejection prevents the S-meter and AGC from getting pinged by things like appliances and florescent lamps - various other bug fixes 73, Wayne N6KR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 macro to put ATU in norm/bypass mode
Wayne's macro for ATU inline and bypass helped me easily go back to QRP or 100w after switching off the KPA500 (already had a macro on PF1/PF2 for 5w and 100w, just could not figure out how to handle ATU definitively.) I would like to find a way to automatically place ATU in bypass when the KPA500 is placed in OPERATE as I seem to forget to bypass ATU about half the time when firing up the KPA500 to grab a DX. Anyone know how to automatically bypass ATU when KPA500 is placed in OPERATE? - 73 de KK7EL Bruce -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-macro-to-put-ATU-in-norm-bypass-mode-tp7325892p7556613.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 and TRlog
Our club has been using TRlog for many years for Field Day and plan to continue to use it for several good reasons. for the most part they are using it stand alone without a rig connection other than keying CW.in comes the K3 and the possibility of simple rig control and here is the problem. there seems to be some odd reactions when band changes are made TRlog fails to show it without delay. often the frequency display on TRlog will go blank and then show up again at either the new or old frequency then finally will settle down and show the correct info after 10 or 20 seconds. Also band changes at TRlog don't work I can only change it at the rig. this is running it under windows. if I boot into DOS 7.1 and run TRlog it all seems to work fine. I don't really know where the disconnect is something to do with windows Im sure it acts the same whether running XP or window 7. has anyone run into this and better does anyone know of a fix I fooled around with some of the polling delays to no effect. Here is the related section from the log.cfg as used I used Kenwood rig for the K3 as its recomended by TRlog. RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1 RADIO ONE BAUD RATE 4800 RADIO ONE TYPE TS850 and the K3 is of course set for 4800 as well I am thinking that the ultimate answer will be to run it from DOS but Id rather use windows so that I can use other applications as well. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] CW TEXT DECODER
When you say set CWT to three, do you mean the text decode threshold? John N1JM Tobyp wrote In 4.51 mcu the text decoder for cw is not working properly in the AUTO setting. Elecraft is aware of this. You can set the CWT to a setting of 3 and the decoder works fairly well. Also, set the speed range to 30-90. Toby W4CAK __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/CW-TEXT-DECODER-tp7556594p7556615.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KPA3 D10 Blown. Causes?
Was running the CQ WPX CW contest here on 20 meters after a normal transmit cycle, the radio unkeyed and immediately everything was very quiet. All of the signals dropped in strength by about 7 S Units. I tried keying up again but this time I wasn't getting any power out and a high current warning from the radio. I dropped the power from 100W down to 12W. As soon as the relay kicked to switch to the LPA, the receive was working fine again. I'm getting the full ~10W out of the LPA. So... I pulled out the KPA3 and quickly noticed that D10 is blown. Other than just a normal diode failure, could there be any suspect external causes for this? I'm not very good at schematics. What is the purpose of this diode? 73 DE AB3LS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and TRlog
TRLog hasn't been updated since 2006, so I'd consider trying to convince the fellows in the club that it's time to move on to one of the many more modern contest loggers. When I used Windows, I used N1MM, but the are many others that are still supported by their developers. 73, Scott, N9AA On 5/26/12 10:43 PM, david Moes wrote: Our club has been using TRlog for many years for Field Day and plan to continue to use it for several good reasons. for the most part they are using it stand alone without a rig connection other than keying CW.in comes the K3 and the possibility of simple rig control and here is the problem. there seems to be some odd reactions when band changes are made TRlog fails to show it without delay. often the frequency display on TRlog will go blank and then show up again at either the new or old frequency then finally will settle down and show the correct info after 10 or 20 seconds. Also band changes at TRlog don't work I can only change it at the rig. this is running it under windows. if I boot into DOS 7.1 and run TRlog it all seems to work fine. I don't really know where the disconnect is something to do with windows Im sure it acts the same whether running XP or window 7. has anyone run into this and better does anyone know of a fix I fooled around with some of the polling delays to no effect. Here is the related section from the log.cfg as used I used Kenwood rig for the K3 as its recomended by TRlog. RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1 RADIO ONE BAUD RATE 4800 RADIO ONE TYPE TS850 and the K3 is of course set for 4800 as well I am thinking that the ultimate answer will be to run it from DOS but Id rather use windows so that I can use other applications as well. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 and TRlog
I love N1MM I believe TR4W is a very close approximation to TR but for windows. Good luck! Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net:23 or w0mu-1.dnsdynamic.com Http://www.w0mu.com On 5/26/2012 9:52 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: TRLog hasn't been updated since 2006, so I'd consider trying to convince the fellows in the club that it's time to move on to one of the many more modern contest loggers. When I used Windows, I used N1MM, but the are many others that are still supported by their developers. 73, Scott, N9AA On 5/26/12 10:43 PM, david Moes wrote: Our club has been using TRlog for many years for Field Day and plan to continue to use it for several good reasons. for the most part they are using it stand alone without a rig connection other than keying CW.in comes the K3 and the possibility of simple rig control and here is the problem. there seems to be some odd reactions when band changes are made TRlog fails to show it without delay. often the frequency display on TRlog will go blank and then show up again at either the new or old frequency then finally will settle down and show the correct info after 10 or 20 seconds. Also band changes at TRlog don't work I can only change it at the rig. this is running it under windows. if I boot into DOS 7.1 and run TRlog it all seems to work fine. I don't really know where the disconnect is something to do with windows Im sure it acts the same whether running XP or window 7. has anyone run into this and better does anyone know of a fix I fooled around with some of the polling delays to no effect. Here is the related section from the log.cfg as used I used Kenwood rig for the K3 as its recomended by TRlog. RADIO ONE CONTROL PORT = SERIAL 1 RADIO ONE BAUD RATE 4800 RADIO ONE TYPE TS850 and the K3 is of course set for 4800 as well I am thinking that the ultimate answer will be to run it from DOS but Id rather use windows so that I can use other applications as well. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3: 4.51 vs WPX CW
Setting up the K3's new 4.51 AGC, I took an average of the THR and SLP settings some of the guys were using. I had to do a few minor adjustments to prevent the strong signals from hurting my ears. By Saturday night, I realized that I never had a 'click' problem from anyone! Non solam sed etiam (gotta find some use for my high-school Latin), I noticed that I had been operating with the NB on most of the afternoon, in spite of which all sigs sounded good (certainly lot like 'before', when the clix drove me crazy, and the NB chopped the signals up). I turned off the NB, and discovered that it had been eliminating some hash from the neighbours! Holy mackinaw - it works! So: what a tremendous difference! This is the K3 I expected when I bought it! Tnx to the Elecraft crew for their efforts!! Anybody who hasn't tried it yet is in for a pleasant surprise. I'm doing SO-15m, so I have the night off. CU all in the pileups tomorrow. Ralph, VE7XF, a very happy customer. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KPA 500 and KAT 500
CORRECTION: I asked a question about running the K3 in my 2nd floor shack and putting the amp and tuner in the basement, HOWEVER, I didn't catch my typo in the original message. I want to put the KAT 500 and KPA 500 in the basement and have the K3 in the 2nd floor shack. How can I do this? Any problems? 73 John WB9JPH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, A quick note about tomorrow's first net. Depending on how close the contesters are around 14050 kHz there may or may not be a twenty meter net. Listening today I heard quite a few on twenty, fifteen, and ten meters. So if they all spread out I may get a frequency for the net. If not there will still be a forty meter net a few hours later. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP relay help) Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Stay well, Kevin. KD5ONS - __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 and KAT 500
John, I guess my question is why would you want to? You're going to have coax loss either way, and while you might get some benefit in having the tuner and amp closer to the antenna, I'm not sure it'd be worth not having the $2200 amp and $600 tuner in the shack. 73, Scott, N9AA On 5/27/12 12:36 AM, WB9JPH wrote: CORRECTION: I asked a question about running the K3 in my 2nd floor shack and putting the amp and tuner in the basement, HOWEVER, I didn't catch my typo in the original message. I want to put the KAT 500 and KPA 500 in the basement and have the K3 in the 2nd floor shack. How can I do this? Any problems? 73 John WB9JPH __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] N8BX Knobs. Another FS Set
Hey, can I ask what these knobs are? I'm pretty new to the K3 (thought my K2 would be all I ever needed but boy was I wrong). :) On Sat, 26 May 2012, Bob wrote: Well Phil sold his pretty quickly so I'll put mine up with the same offer. Original style set for the K3. $100 shipped. As new condition. Why? I liked the feel of the originals but upon seeing the new version had a nostalgia attack. Reminded me of the Heath SB series I had and the Collins S line I wanted. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) K2TKR Have been sold.Thank you! Phil Philip LaMarche __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@twofifty.com BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB net announcement
The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet tomorrow (5/27/12) at 1800Z on 14.3035 MHz +/- QRM. I will be the net control station from Oregon. See you there. 73, Phil, NS7P __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KPA3 / KAT500 Remote Question
John: I still think that the ATU and amplifier are things that you'd normally want to keep nearby and in view in the radio room. It's more convenient there, you can easily observe what's going on, you can turn them on and off easily. The losses contributed by an extra 25' of quality coaxial cable are arguably insignificant. If something goes wrong, you won't have to run back and forth between the radio and amplifier, or bring a radio to the amp and ATU to try to figure out what the problem might be. It's easier if everything is in the same area. Warning lights and buzzers in the amplifier won't get your attention if the amp is in an uninhabited room. If you really want to move the ATU and amp, the cable between the K3 to KAT500 to KPA500 will need to include the key line, and you'll also want a wire to bring to ground to initiate tune. That, and band change lines that facilitate band change without transmitting and automatic adjustment of K3 power are easy if the amp and ATU are within a few feet of each other. How much feedline will you have overall? What additional power will be lost in the 25 foot or so of extra coax you'd add by keeping the amp and ATU with the operator? What sort of coax are you using, and what's your estimated range of SWRs? I did a quick check with N6BV's Transmission Line for Windows program (TLW, offered on the CD accompanying the Antenna Book in recent years). If you have, for example, a relatively awful 5:1 SWR and the tuner in the shack (I used a 250 +j0 impedance for 5:1 SWR), you'd expect to lose about 1.12 dB in 100 feet of quality RG-8 like coax (TMS LMR400) on 14.150 MHz. Changing the line length to 125 feet results in a 1.35 dB loss; you'd save 0.23 dB for that 25 feet by putting the ATU (and the amp) on your ground floor. They won't be able to hear 0.23 dB at the DX end. Yes, the loss would be higher on 10 meters. And it would be a lot less if you used hardline. I have a non-resonant dipole that I have fed with about 25' of quality coax to a balun outside and then low-loss (and high SWR) ladder line to the feedpoint of the dipole. Works great (or as great as a simple dipole ever works). The loss in the coax, which runs at high SWR, isn't much, as there isn't that much of it. What hurts you is relatively long runs of low quality coax at high SWR at high frequencies. This is usually solved by some combination of shorter distances, higher quality feedline (sometimes hardline), more power, or better matching at the antenna (or some combination of these). TLW can help you understand these tradeoffs. I understand the appeal of a remote antenna tuner (I want one too), but moving it just a little down the wire where it's inconvenient to reach but not really near the antenna feed point doesn't seem to me to make that much difference. Might as well keep it nearby. My education on this topic is from Walt Maxwell's book Reflections III. By the way, my new station (we're in the midst of a building a house) will also on the 2nd floor. The amp and ATU will be in view in the radio room when I operate. I don't normally need to touch them during operation except to turn them on and off, but I want to be able to see them. I have a 100 foot run to one tower (plus 25' or so to get to the 2nd floor) and a 200 foot run to another. The 200 foot run, to a HyTower that can sometimes benefit from an ATU, will be fed with surplus CATV hardline. 73 de Dick, K6KR My station is in a 2nd floor loft. The antenna coax cables come into the basement utility room and then up behind the plasterboard walls to my shack. Will I be able to put the KAT 500 and KPA 3 in the basement utility room and control them by snaking an RS232 cable from the shack to the utility room through the PVC pipe that contains my coax? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
